An Unstable Container

<p><em>An Unstable Container</em> is a collection of short creative nonfiction essays and poetry, with influences from personal memoir, lyric essays, race and gender studies, and poetry. The work examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, and the ways in which language, society, and the human body contribute to the construction of one's sense of self. Through the lenses of language, modern technology, medicine, and genetics, <em>An Unstable Container </em>explores blackness, queerness, masculine identity, growing up in rural Michigan, and the dangers and pleasures of corporeality. The collection also interrogates the social institutions of marriage and religion, gender roles, and non-traditional family structures.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• LaPine, John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Matthew Frank

• Nonfiction
• Poetry

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/168

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1190